JAKARTA, Indonesia — An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian waters, with no word on its fate despite several hours of...

Friends, a few years ago I wrote a series of columns on what I believe are the three most common New Year’s resolutions — money, organization and weight loss. I’ll share them here in the next three days, and I welcome your comments...

PECATONICA — The University of Illinois Extension will host the 2015 Beef Update from 9:30 a.m to noon Jan. 14 at the Pecatonica Public Library, 400 W. 11th St. Area beef producers are invited to attend the event, which will address...

DIXON — University of Illinois Extension will hold a beef cattle meeting and dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 13 in Room 1K4 at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 Illinois Route 2.The meeting will cover topics that will help beef cattle...

FREEPORT — “Exquisite,” a traveling exhibition from the Artisan Gallery of Paoli, Wisconsin, is featured at the Freeport Art Museum, 121 N. Harlem Ave., until Jan. 10. For this exhibit, the Artisan Gallery invited a...